American Hospital Ass'n v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that statements in committee reports were not binding on the agency and do not "ha[ve] the force of law, for the Constitution is quite explicit about the procedure that Congress must follow in legislating"

Labor Board v. Metropolitan Ins. Co.

In Metropolitan Ins. Co., supra, at 444, we made it clear that "`courts may not accept appellate counsel's post hoc rationalizations for agency action.'"

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Lundy Packing Co.

Finding N.L.R.B. had improperly excluded quality control workers from manufacturing and production bargaining unit noting N.L.R.B.'s consistent prior findings that such quality control workers "perform a function which is an extension of and integrated with the manufacturing process." (quoting Bennett Industries, Inc., 313 N.L.R.B. No. 254 (June 3, 1994))

N.L.R.B. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

In N.L.R.B. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 405 F.2d 1169 (2nd Cir. 1968) certain supervisors were erroneously included in the bargaining unit.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Concluding that 29 C.F.R. § 102.67(f), providing that failure to request Board review "shall preclude such parties from relitigating, in any subsequent unfair labor practice proceeding, any issue which was, or could have been, raised in a representation proceeding," is an exhaustion requirement that does "not purport to preclude the issues which a reviewing court may consider," and noting that "the Board [would not] have the power to do so"

Texas Pipe Line Company v. N.L.R.B